PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L M Rennie
AU  - T F Beattie
AU  - A G Wilkinson
AU  - P Crofton
AU  - L E Bath
TI  - Incidental radiological diagnosis of rickets
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2003.011668
DP  - 2005 Aug 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 534--537
VI  - 22
IP  - 8
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/534.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/534.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2005 Aug 01; 22
AB  - Rickets fortunately remains rare in the United Kingdom, although its actual incidence is currently undetermined.1 Many still consider it to be a disease of poverty prevalent during the Victorian era. However, a number of recent articles have highlighted concern among British health professionals about the number of cases still being diagnosed in this country.2–6 These cases have nearly all involved non-Caucasian children who are considered to be at high risk due to skin colour, prolonged breast feeding, and low maternal vitamin D levels. Their presentations are variable ranging from failure to thrive, bone deformities, seizures, and even stridor. The diagnosis is usually made in babies and toddlers. We present a series of patients attending our accident and emergency (A&E) department, over a five month period, where the diagnosis of rickets was primarily a radiological diagnosis.